A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike / because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde

A series of model orations presents rhetorical exercises and practical instruction for students of eloquence, drawing on classical exemplars and offering declamations on civic and moral themes. It arranges questions and sample speeches that address the duty of subjects, the virtues and responsibilities of nobility, the majesty of sovereign authority, and the offices of counselors and magistrates, while emphasizing virtue, learning, and the cultivation of public service. Typographical and editorial notes accompany the text to aid careful reading of an early printed form and to preserve original orthography and pagination.